Donna and Chuck Arthurs of Johnstown were
honoured as the local business making the best
use of the Web to serve or inform its customers. |
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JOHNSTOWN - A
Web site that offers panoramic virtual reality
tours of clients' businesses has been awarded the
local honour of making the best use of the Web to
serve and inform customers.
Chuck and Donna Arthurs of
Johnstown based C360View were honoured for their
business achievement in a competition sponsored
in partnership between the Leeds and
Grenville Business News and NEBS. Leeds and
Grenville companies were invited to enter the
contest honouring business excellence and
achievement last August and September. Winners
were chosen by a NEBS panel of judges, and
announced during Small Business Week Oct. 21 to
25.
NEBS is a supplier of small business of a range
of products, including cheques and forms,
software, logo clothing and business gifts,
promotional products and other items that help
companies manage and promote their businesses.
Each company, organization or municipality that
has a virtual reality Web site created by Mr. and
Mrs. Arthurs also has the site featured on www.C360.ca. The Web site offers a business
directory and is deigned to drive more traffic to
its clients sites through links, enhancing the
image for the business owner.
The panoramic moving photos offer tremendous
detail, awesome colour and sharp images. leaving
viewers feeling as though they were actually
there, Mr. Arthurs explained.
The site also promotes the communities in which
the businesses are located and features panoramic
views of local attractions and historic sites.
Virtual reality sites give the viewer a chance to
stretch their comfort zone, giving the feeling of
having been to the location previously when they
actually do visit. "they get to step into a
new environment that they haven't been in before
in a non-threatening manner through the person's
Web site. It really gives the people the feeling
of having been there." so they feel more in
control and more comfortable, Mr. Arthurs said.
Using a digital camera. Mr. and Mrs. Arthurs take
about 35 shots of a particular area. The images
are spliced together using computer software. |
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